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Bloomberg
08-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
KKR Strikes Asset-Management Partnership with Brazil's Itau
By KKR & Co. and Itau Unibanco Holding SA 's asset manager struck an exclusive partnership to develop alternative investments for institutional and wealth clients in Brazil. The buyout firm and Sao Paulo-based Itau Asset Management will develop products across private markets asset classes, including building co-branded investments for the Brazilian market, according to a statement Tuesday. The firms said they also may work together on co-investments.


Bloomberg
20-03-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Largest Private-Credit Fund in Brazil Bets on Securitization
Itau Asset Management, the biggest private-credit fund manager in Brazil, is betting on securitized products as a way to help investors diversify and deal with the nation's economic environment, including rising interest rates. With 460 billion reais ($81.2 billion) in liquid private credit under management, Itau Asset is launching a fund that buys credit packages, which are known in Brazil as FIDCs. The firm's new product is the first with tax advantages aimed at 'qualified investors,' individuals with more than 1 million reais invested.


Bloomberg
17-02-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Brazil, Ukraine and Then Chile? EM Traders Bet on Next Rate Hike
After Brazil and Ukraine embarked on interest-rate hiking campaigns last year, investors are betting that the next developing economy to follow suit will be Chile. Money managers from Kinea Investimentos, Ace Capital and Itau Asset Management have all bet on higher swap rates as inflation proves surprisingly stubborn in the Latin American nation and the economy shows signs of life.